The document categorizes different types of English words into groups such as ordinary literal words, ordinary figurative words, literary words, colloquial words, slang words, poetical words, technical words, commercial words, and foreign words. It provides notes explaining that literal words refer to direct meanings while figurative words use non-literal meanings, and gives examples to illustrate the different categories of words.

1. Types of English Words
Ordinary Literal Ordinary Figurative
Literary Words
Words Words
Colloquial Words Slang Words Poetical Words
Technical Words Commercial Words Foreign Words
Note :
Literal Word- hand(used as a limb), Figurative Word- Hand ( used to
mean a person), Literary Word- valiant, Colloquial Words are- Literal
and Figurative words that cannot be included in literary discourse,
Slang Word –’to stage a come-back’ was a slang expression when
first used in 1920,Poetical Word-thou, ere, Technical
Word- proof (from printing), Commercial Word- ditto, Foreign Word-précis.